On July 29, 2020 the Waynesboro Heritage Foundation will host a new popup exhibition from the National Archives, Rightfully Hers, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment.

The Museum needs your help! We are looking for stories, photographs, and artifacts relating to COVID-19 and Waynesboro (surrounding areas are okay too).

We are ready when you are ready. Heritage Museum now open with adjusted hours.

A big thank you to the Waynesboro Historical Commission for putting together the newest history booklet, “Nobility In The Valley, Archibald Stuart of Waynesboro, Virginia.”

As a precautionary measure, the Waynesboro Heritage Museum and the Plumb House Museum will be closed for the next two weeks, March 14-27, 2020. We will re-evaluate after the two weeks.

We are partnering with the Blue Ridge Children’s Museum for a Tea Party!

Date: January 17, 2020 Reception is FREE to attend. Light refreshments & wine will be served.

The Waynesboro Heritage Foundation would like to thank everyone including Marvin’s family, friends, museum members, and visitors for attending the Marvin Stoner Reception on Friday, August 23, 2019.

Except for one recorded incident in Ohio in 1794 when a tree fell on his tent rendering Wayne temporarily unconscious, the General seemed to have endured the many battles unscathed.

Wednesday was a day of reflection for Ruth Graham (far right in photo) as she thought about the death of her father, the world’s most famous evangelist, Rev. Billy Graham.

There is a small piece of Waynesboro history on New Hope Road. Behind the Purple Foot Restaurant, before you get to the Red Brick House, there is a 1.3 acre plot of city-owned land. It is the oldest cemetery in Waynesboro, the Old Presbyterian Cemetery (aka the Old Community Cemetery, the New Hope Road Cemetery).

For more than 60 years, Durland Mustain was a fixture in downtown Waynesboro where he repaired and sold all types of watches.

The two-time defending Valley League champion Waynesboro Generals are preparing for their 93rd season of baseball in 2015.

One of the most famous letters George Washington wrote was to his wife Martha after he was put in charge of the Continental Army in June, 1775.  The letter is not only famous for its content, but is only one of two letters eventually ever found that Washington wrote to his wife. 

Travel wasn’t fast or fancy in the 1830’s.  A superb horseman and military man, Andrew Jackson made his way from Washington, D.C. to his hometown of Nashville, Tennessee.  It was July 1832 and Jackson was in his fourth year of his first term as President.